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UK coronavirus live: Britain secures 60m Novavax vaccine doses; 1 in 55 had Covid in England last week
Latest updates: trial results show Novavax vaccine highly protective against variant that emerged in Kent; ONS figures show cases still highJohnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine shown to work against CovidAstraZeneca must deliver doses from UK to EU, says Von der LeyenHow effective is Novavax vaccine and will it work on new variants?Everyday Covid mistakes we’re all still makingGlobal coronavirus updates – live 2.30pm GMT Public Health Scotland said 515,855 people in the country had received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine by 8.30am on Friday 29 January, an increase of 24,197 from the previous day. It added that 7,095 people have received the second dose, an increase of 312. 2.24pm GMT More than three-quarters of all major hospital trusts in England are currently reporting fewer Covid-19 patients than at their second-wave peak, new analysis shows. PA reports:In some regions, such as eastern and south-east England, all but one trust has dropped below the level seen at the peak of the second wave of the virus. The proportion of trusts still reporting a record number of Covid-19 patients is slightly higher in north-east and north-west England, however. Continue reading...
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